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Authorised form of nameHume; Joseph (1777 - 1855)
Dates1777 - 1855
NationalityBritish
Place of birthMontrose, Forfarshire
Date of birth22 January 1777
Place of deathHis seat, Burnley Hall, Norfolk
Date of death20 February 1855
DatesAndPlacesBurial:
Kensal Green cemetery, London
OccupationPolitician; Surgeon
ActivityEducation:
Aberdeen, Edinburgh, London
Career:
Apprenticed to a local Surgeon (1790); Assistant Surgeon in the sea service of the HEIC (1797); returned to England with a fortune (1807); MP for Weymouth (1812); MP for Aberdeen (1818-1830); MP for Middlesex (1830-1837); MP for Kilkenny (1837-1841); MP for Montrose (1842-1855); Privy Councillor; DL for Middlesex; Lord Rector of Aberdeen University (twice)
Memberships:
MRCS Edinburgh (1796)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election08/01/1818
RelationshipsYounger son of a shipmaster
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
References:
Sir John Craig, 'The Royal Society and the Royal Mint' in NR 1964 vol 19 pp 156-167
CodeNA3454
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
M/097Hume, Joseph
EC/1817/17Hume, Joseph: certificate of election to the Royal Society
IM/002305Hume, Josephnd
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